EQU. GUINEA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,652	7	419	+ 2,233
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,508	29	55	+ 1,453
Lung Disease	3	1,026	20	120	+ 906
Stroke	4	832	6	437	+ 395
Lung Cancers	5	817	41	27	+ 790
Kidney Disease	6	451	14	198	+ 253
Drug Use	7	391	30	50	+ 341
Hypertension	8	346	16	165	+ 181
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	325	40	29	+ 296
Diabetes Mellitus	10	323	11	299	+ 23
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	317	2	913	- 596
Suicide	12	279	22	107	+ 172
Breast Cancer	13	256	24	84	+ 171
Endocrine Disorders	14	247	25	73	+ 174
Pancreas Cancer	15	233	55	11	+ 221
Liver Disease	16	228	13	199	+ 29
Road Traffic Accidents	17	219	8	368	- 150
Falls	18	212	32	46	+ 167
Lymphomas	19	212	45	19	+ 192
Prostate Cancer	20	187	35	43	+ 144
Parkinson's Disease	21	181	46	18	+ 164
Inflammatory/Heart	22	171	27	63	+ 108
Liver Cancer	23	142	34	43	+ 99
Leukemia	24	142	61	4	+ 138
Other Injuries	25	137	23	105	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	26	103	56	9	+ 95
Violence	27	100	33	45	+ 55
Oesophagus Cancer	28	94	54	12	+ 82
Other Neoplasms	29	93	63	3	+ 90
Alcohol	30	77	53	12	+ 65
Ovary Cancer	31	77	52	13	+ 64
Skin Cancers	32	75	48	16	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	33	69	49	16	+ 53
Congenital Anomalies	34	62	12	249	- 188
Oral Cancer	35	61	37	35	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	36	53	58	8	+ 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	52	9	349	- 297
Cervical Cancer	38	37	28	56	- 19
Low Birth Weight	39	36	4	457	- 421
Malnutrition	40	36	31	48	- 13
Hepatitis C	41	30	69	0	+ 30
HIV/AIDS	42	30	1	1,838	- 1,809
Skin Disease	43	28	51	13	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	44	27	67	1	+ 25
Drownings	45	21	36	39	- 18
Asthma	46	20	26	65	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	19	50	14	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	18	43	22	- 4
Fires	49	17	39	30	- 13
Epilepsy	50	17	38	32	- 16
Anemia	51	16	85	0	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	13	62	4	+ 9
Poisonings	53	9	44	21	- 12
Birth Trauma	54	6	5	441	- 434
War	55	6	71	0	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	56	4	17	139	- 135
Schizophrenia	57	4	86	0	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	4	82	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	59	3	65	3	+ 0
Meningitis	60	3	19	127	- 124
Osteoarthritis	61	3	81	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	62	3	10	321	- 318
Appendicitis	63	2	59	6	- 3
Oral conditions	64	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	66	2	- 0
Syphilis	66	0	18	134	- 134
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	57	8	- 8
Pertussis	69	0	21	109	- 109
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	42	23	- 23
Schistosomiasis	72	0	60	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	64	3	- 3
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	668	- 668
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	15	181	- 181
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

United States

Equ. Guinea

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.